{"id":1220,"date":"2013-04-07T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-08T02:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.positivelyparenting.com\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2015-12-04T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T17:49:11","slug":"new-book-give-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlparentcoach.com\/new\/parenting\/new-book-give-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Win Ren\u00e9e Trudeau’s NEW Book!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To WIN a copy of this book, simply read the following excerpt and leave a comment. \u00a0I randomly pick a winner on April 15th! \u00a0To order your own copy, click HERE<\/a>.<\/h2>\n

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Nurturing the Soul of Your Family: 10 Ways to Reconnect and Find Peace in Everyday Life<\/span><\/h2>\n

by Ren\u00e9e Trudeau<\/h2>\n

Upon Arrival, Proceed <\/b>to<\/b> Baggage Claim<\/b><\/p>\n

An Excerpt from Nurturing the Soul of Your Family<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Relationships of all types can be challenging. In particular, family members, partners, and children often develop a sixth sense for how to push our buttons. For myself, to become less reactive, I\u2019ve had to slowly become more self-aware, compassionate, loving toward myself, and attuned to my needs \u2014 which has made me a much more emotionally present parent and partner.<\/p>\n

Some of the keys are to show up in our relationships with a soft and open heart, a healthy perspective, and a full cup rather than a half-empty one. Before we can do that, however, we have to examine ourselves: we have to release and heal old self-limiting beliefs by understanding what we\u2019re holding on to and why.<\/p>\n

We all have emotional baggage. Ever heard the phrase \u201cthe issues are in the tissues\u201d? Our beliefs, scars, and old patterns from our family lineage, childhood, culture, education, and birth order all significantly affect our worldview and habitual ways of being. These, in turn, guide how we show up and relate to our family members.<\/p>\n

Some days we get easily triggered. Maybe our child not putting their dirty clothes in the laundry room sends us over the edge, while other days they could break the front door and we\u2019d just roll with it. Our state of being has the most impact on how we respond to external circumstances. Some days we receive the gift of observing when we\u2019re stuck in an old pattern or way of seeing things, and other times we just feel stuck, or else constantly critical or judgmental, thinking of our partner or children: \u201cIf they\u2019d just listen to me, we\u2019d all be happier!\u201d<\/p>\n

When this happens, look inward to see if you have any unclaimed baggage. For instance, when my son, Jonah, was about to turn ten, he and I went through a really difficult patch. He\u2019s a beautiful, passionate, mature, intense kid, and as he reached adolescence, his level of defiance at times overwhelmed me. A simple request to finish homework or put his dirty dishes in the sink could invoke an emotional tsunami. Since I have a tendency to be controlling, our interactions were a Molotov cocktail.<\/p>\n

After a particularly hard stretch involving lots of crying jags (mostly mine), I called Terri, a parent educator, and asked if my husband and I could see her for a session. I was exhausted from the stressful interchanges and needed help. After I explained our situation, Terri turned to me and gently shared, \u201cYou are going through mourning \u2014 Jonah is no longer a child. He\u2019s an adolescent.\u201d Terri went on to highlight some of the science around early-adolescent behavior\u00a0 and how best to support my son; in short, offer love and acceptance, not solutions and tips for improvement. After that illuminating session, things got much easier in our home \u2014 not yellow-brick-road happy, but the crying and yelling diminished greatly.<\/p>\n

In part, the improvement occurred because my husband and I tweaked our language and gave Jonah more freedom, but mostly things changed because my husband and I shifted ourselves internally. We realized we were holding unrealistic, supersized fears that were causing us to be overly critical; our heads had become filled with visions of our out-of-control nine-year-old turning into a sixteen-year-old heroin addict. We were \u201cparenting from the future\u201d and from our own fears and wounds, rather than from the present moment, which was what our son most needed. This aha moment and shift in our awareness are what created the big shift in our family dynamic that we needed. Often we have to break down in order to break through.<\/p>\n

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Life balance coach\/speaker Ren\u00e9e Peterson Trudeau is the author of the new book Nurturing the Soul of Your Family<\/b>.<\/i>\u00a0 Thousands of women in ten countries are participating in Personal Renewal Groups based on her first book, the award-winning The Mother\u2019s Guide to Self-Renewal.<\/i> Visit her online at www.ReneeTrudeau.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Excerpted from the new book Nurturing the Soul of Your Family<\/b> \u00a92013 Ren\u00e9e Peterson Trudeau.\u00a0 Published with permission of New World Library http:\/\/www.newworldlibrary.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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To order\u00a0your<\/strong> copy of this great book, click\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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